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  • City Limits

    by Paul E. Peterson ...
    This award-winning book "skillfully blends economic and political analysis" to assess the challenges of urban governments (Emmett H. Buell, Jr., American Political Science Review).Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairsMany simply presume that a city's politics are like a nation's politics, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Commodity Derivatives

    A Guide for Future Practitioners

    by Paul E. Peterson ...
    Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets. Commodities are often used as inputs in the production of other products, and commodity prices are notoriously volatile. Derivatives include forwards, futures, options, and swaps; all are types of contracts that allow buyers and sellers to establish the price at one time and exchange ... Read more

    $106.99 USD

  • Saving Schools

    From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning

    by Paul E. Peterson ...
    Saving Schools traces the story of the rise, decline, and potential resurrection of American public schools through the lives and ideas of six mission-driven reformers: Horace Mann, John Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Shanker, William Bennett, and James Coleman. Yet schools did not become the efficient, egalitarian, and high-quality educational institutions these reformers envisioned. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Social Security Primer

    What Every Citizen Should Know

    by Paul E Peterson ...
    Offers a clear understanding of what Social Security has accomplished in the past, challenges it now faces, and possibilities for the future. Outlines the full spectrum of current issues, policies, benefits, and proposed reforms. ... Read more

    $235.00 USD

  • Teachers versus the Public

    What Americans Think about Schools and How to Fix Them

    by Paul E. Peterson, Michael Henderson, Martin R. West ...
    A comprehensive exploration of 21st Century school politics, Teachers versus the Public offers the first comparison of the education policy views of both teachers and the public as a whole, and reveals a deep, broad divide between the opinions held by citizens and those who teach in the public schools. Among the findings: Divisions between teachers and the public are wider and deeper than ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • When Federalism Works

    by Paul E. Peterson, Barry G. Rabe, Kenneth K. Wong ...
    Twenty years ago cooperative federalism, in the form of federal grant-in-aid programs administered by state and local governments, was applauded almost without reservation as the best means of helping the handicapped, the educationally disadvantaged, the poor, and other groups with special needs. More recently these same programs have been criticized for excessive regulations and red tape, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Welfare Magnets

    A New Case for a National Standard

    by Paul E. Peterson, Mark C. Rom ...
    ""The best way of handling the question of how much to give the poor, politicians have discovered, is to avoid doing anything about it at all,"" note Paul Peterson and Mark Rom. The issue of the minimum people need in order to live decently is so difficult that Congress has left this crucial question to the states-even though the federal government foots three-fourths of the bill for about 15 ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Endangering Prosperity

    A Global View of the American School

    by Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann, Paul E. Peterson ...
    The relative deficiencies of U.S. public schools are a serious concern to parents and policymakers. But they should be of concern to all Americans, as a globalizing world introduces new competition for talent, markets, capital, and opportunity. In Endangering Prosperity, a trio of experts on international education policy compares the performance of American schools against that of other nations. ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Business Ethics

    New Challenges for Business Schools and Corporate Leaders

    by Paul E Peterson, O.C. Ferrell ...
    The many recent high profile corporate scandals highlight the need for companies to do a better job of integrating ethics and responsibility into business decisions - and for business schools to integrate ethics awareness and training into their curricula. This volume sets the agenda for business ethics and corporate responsibility in the future. It brings together ideas, challenges, and proposed ... Read more

    $285.00 USD

  • The CME Group Risk Management Handbook

    Products and Applications

    by CME Group, John W. Labuszewski, John E. Nyhoff, Richard Co, Paul E. Peterson ...
    Series Book 410 - Wiley Finance
    Invaluable insights on trading today's futures marketThe CME Risk Management Handbook provides an accessible overview of the futures market in today's electronic world of trading. Page by page, it outlines the various CME products currently available and explains how those products can be used to manage risk. Financial professionals around the world will find this book to be a comprehensive ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • The Coming Class War and How to Avoid it

    Rebuilding the American Middle Class

    by Paul E Peterson, Christoph Strobel ...
    A clear, accessible analysis of the worsening distribution of income and wealth in America. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest

    by Michael P. McCauley, B. Lee Artz, DeeDee Halleck, Paul E Peterson ...
    As federal funding for public broadcasting wanes and support from corporations and an elite group of viewers and listeners rises, public broadcasting's role as vox populi has come under threat. With contributions from key scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, this volume examines the crisis facing public broadcasting today by analyzing the institution's development, its presentday ... Read more

    $72.99 USD